First albino white-eared opossums in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil: records of albinism in <i>Didelphis albiventris</i> (Lund, 1840)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First albino white-eared opossums in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil: records of albinism in Didelphis albiventris (Lund, 1840)

Published:2024-01-25 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:0025-1461
Container-title:Mammalia
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Freire-Filho Robério¹²^ORCID,Lopes Alexandre Martins Costa¹³,Câmara Tainara²⁴,Damasceno Calebe²⁴,Cordeiro José Luís Passos⁵⁶⁷,Vilela Júlio Fernando¹²⁸^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação , Universidade Federal do Piauí , Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral, BR 343, Km 3,5, Bairro Meladão, CEP: 64.808-605 , Floriano , PI , Brazil

2. Coleção de História Natural da UFPI – CHNUFPI , Universidade Federal do Piauí, CAFS-UFPI , Floriano , PI , Brazil

3. Instituto de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tamanduás do Brazil , Ilhéus , BA , Brazil

4. Curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas , Universidade Federal do Piauí, CAFS-UFPI , Floriano , PI , Brazil

5. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz, Ceará) , Fortaleza , Brazil

6. Plataforma Internacional para Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação em Saúde (PICTIS) , Fortaleza , Brazil

7. dbio|Universidade de Aveiro (UA)/Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM) , Aveiro , Portugal

8. Curso de Licenciatura em Educação do Campo , Universidade Federal do Piauí, CAFS-UFPI , Floriano , PI , Brazil

Abstract

Abstract Unusual colorations are rare in Didelphis, but records are important to understand genetic aspects of the species. Albino individuals have a total absence of pigmentation throughout the body (skin and hair) and have eyes without traces of pigmentation, but with a red or pink color. We draw attention to the first two confirmed records of albinism in white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) and their karyotype. This is the first record of albinism in D. albiventris in Northeastern Brazil. This calls attention to develop future research on the genetic diversity and the risk of inbreeding and consanguinity in populations of this region.

Funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0103/pdf

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